This health crisis is
OVER-ACIDITY (Acidosis) -which is linked to all kinds of illness and disease. Acidosis in the body
is the result of the typical Western diet and lifestyle.(Alkalosis is usually only seen in someone with kidney disease, or one
taking too many alkalizing supplements or drugs intended to have an alkalizing
effect). Chronic acidosis is dealt with by employing the body's alkalizing
mechanisms, which will eventually deplete the body's stores of alkaline minerals
(e.g. sodium, potassium, magnesium and
calcium), paving the way for chronic
and degenerative disease.

For health, we need an appropriate balance
between acids and alkalis (a.k.a. bases)in blood plasma and body tissues

Chronically imbalanced pH levels in your body will lead to any of the now
commonly observed degenerative diseases -Any slight decrease in pH will result in lower
oxygen levels in the blood and, therefore, in the cells. A
healthy Acid-Alkaline Balance is decisive to the structure and
function of proteins, the permeability of membranes, the distribution of
electrolytes (charged particles) and the functioning of connective tissue.

– Examples of
physiological processes affected by pH:

✔ Cleansing and healing processes

✔ Beating of heart

✔ Firing of nerves

✔ Ability to absorb nutrients

✔ Ability of muscles to contract decreases as body
becomes more acidic, while hormones like adrenaline increase.

✔ Digestion/Cellular respiration process -
which creates energy for a cell to perform its
specific task, creates acid end products (waste), which must not be allowed to
build up. E.g. lactic acid is created through exercise and can cause pain.

✔ Breathing;

✔ Circulation;

✔ Hormone production

The pH level of the blood plasma and of the external and internal cellular
fluids must be kept within a small range of fluctuation under all circumstances
- the body is ~70%
water-based, and the pH level of the
various body fluidsinside and
outside of cellsmust be kept
within narrow limits in order for many different body processes to be carried out in a
controlled way.(E.g. to sustain life, blood plasma pH must be 7.35 –7.45).

Some pH levels of the Body Fluids

- There are 3 main
compartments of body fluids, each separated by selectively permeable
cell membranes:

All other organs and fluids will fluctuate in their range in order to keep the
blood at a strict pH between 7.35 and 7.45((slightly
alkaline) - This process is called homeostasis. The body makes constant
adjustments in tissue and fluid pH to maintain this very narrow pH range in the
blood. A normal pH of all tissues and fluids of the body (except the stomach) is
slightly alkaline. The stomach pH is much more acid than the intestinal pH
because the stomach needs an acid environment (hydrochloric acid) to break down
food for digestion. Whereas, the flora (good bacteria) of the intestine need a
more alkaline environment to assimilate and process the nutrients from the foods
digested by the stomach.

Buffering Systems

(regulatory systems which
compensate for the excess acid or base)

These are the main systems that buffer acids and
bases by functioning in equilibrium with each other:

– Chemical buffer systems - act within
seconds

– Respiratory compensation - respiratory center in the brain stem acts within 1-3 minutes;
This system is in play when you become “out of breath “after exercise - your
muscles produce lactic acid, which is breathed out in the form of CO2 with a
stepped up breathing rate.

– Renal mechanisms - require hours to days to effect pH changes

The body's pH-regulating organs, LUNGS, LIVER and KIDNEYS, remove acidic end
products -which would otherwise
“corrode”tissues and disrupt cellular activities and functions. For more
technical information on how the body buffers excess acid so prevalent today:

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